Fly Fishing Knots & Techniques : Learn What Types of Prey Trout Eat
Different insects that float on the surface film of the water, like Spence spinners and May flies, are natural prey for trout. Learn more in this free video series.
Expert: Jim Dowd
Contact: www.zoaroutdoor.com
Bio: Jim Dowd runs the fishing program at Zoar Outdoor, is a Federation of Fly Fishers Certified Casting Instructor, Life Member of Trout Unlimited, and co-author of The Deerfield River Guide.
Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso
Duration : 0:1:22
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Fly fishing setup?
I just got a fly rod and was wondering if the backing line goes on the reel before the floating line of after and how much of it? and also do i tie them together or use a no-knot eyelets?
best way to figure it out is to reel the flyline onto the reel first then attach the backing to the flyline with a knot that will slip throught the guides easily. fill the reel to capacity with the backing then cut it. strip it all off the reel then attach the backing to the reel and wind it all in. the reel will be full with the right amount of backing.
Why does the fishing section get spammed so much?
Why do you figure this piss-ant little junk clothing website comes around here trying to hustle guys (and ladies, occasionally) who are just trying to find out if the Banjo Minnow really works, or the best bait for carp, or what knots to learn for fly fishing!? How many customers could they possibly get with such a scattershot approach? Who in the world gets on Y!A to find the best Internet site for fake Nikes from Hong Kong?
TO ALL Y!A REGULARS: Report the spam! Don’t just ignore it or give it a down-thumb. Apparently all it takes is two "reliable" users and the spam answers will get removed.
this has been reported by myself and others so many times…
all they do is change their name and start over. l really can’t imagine what they get out of it.
Fly Fishing Knots
Fly FishingThe Best Fishing Knot!
An excellent fishing knot to tie for fly fishing and tying flies to tippets or simply any lure to monofiament line.
Duration : 0:3:31
Fly Fishing Line to Line Knots : Tying Blood Knots Using Fly Fishing Line
Use fly line to tie a blood knot for fly fishing. Learn about fly fishing knots, equipment, and techniques in this free video.
Expert: Alvin Dedeaux
Contact: www.alvindedeaux.com
Bio: Alvin Dedeaux has been a fly fishing guide and casting instructor for 12 years, and has been fly fishing for 32 years.
Filmmaker: MAKE | MEDIA
Duration : 0:1:23
How Fast would a fly have to fly to stay aboard a boat?
Hey people.
Here’s somthing that ive always wondered lol.
Now you have a boat with an open cabin space…Eg a small fishing boat.
Pretend you were travelling along a river at 5 knots and a fly was in the boat…if it wanted to fly to the front of the boat would it have to fly at 6 knot’s to make it to the front of the boat.
In a closed cabin id imagine it wouldent have to work so hard. Unless it was to loose momentum.
Dumb question in know But I was out wakeboarding the other day and it crossed my mind haha
Wow – funny question.
Think of the fly as an aeroplane – if the aeroplane, flying outside and, say, above the boat, wanted to keep up with the boat it would have to fly at the same speed as the boat. This would be the same for Ferdinand (Ferdinand Fly, that is)
Now imagine you are inside the boat with all the windows closed. The air inside the boat would be still, so you wouldn’t have to walk forward in order to stay put (after the initial launch). It would be the same for Ferdinand. If Ferdy wanted to be airbourne inside the boat, he would actually have to hover rather than use speed in order to stay put.
So, recapping – a boat with windows open (or no cabin) – the fly would have to be going the same speed as the boat in order to keep up with the boat.
A boat with windows closed – the fly wouldn’t have to be travelling any speed at all in order to remain in the boat.
I hope that’s cleared that one up for you!
Best fishing knots tied easily
http://www.hookthreader.com/store/ Learn an awesome way to tie the Clinch knot and Fish-Killer knot. These are two of the best fishing knots. They are both very easy to tie and are also extremely reliable. At the same time I invented my hook threader I worked out a new way to tie these knots for night time fishing as my eyesight was getting poorer. When I’m fly fishing I use the Fish-killer knot. This is the only knot I use when I’m tying on a fly.
Duration : 0:2:48
Speed Clinch Fly Fishing Knot
Tie your fly to your fly line in seconds.How to set up a fly rod?
Bassmaster993,
If you are out there, Pheasant Tail asked me to add this to my answer of your question about which line to use for bass fishing.
I was away from my computer fly fishing for Coho salmon at Tofino, British Columbia. Your question closed so I couldn’t add it to my answer.
I thought if you are reviewing these questions you may run into this one.
Hope you have a great bass fishing trip.
Larry
How to set up a fly rod————–
Can you go to a person who knows what they are doing to get help? If so, I would strongly recommend it. Otherwise, give this a try. You need to learn it anyway.
Did you buy a package deal, that gave you a rod, reel, backing, line, leader and flies?
Or, did you buy separate pieces.
If you bought the package deal, then everything should match up, however I have seen some all-in-one outfits that were not fit to be called fly rods.
If you bought separate pieces, then I hope someone guided you through the purchases. Like is the fly rod the size (as in the weight of the rod, not the actual weight (yes, here is where you start scratching your head trying to figure out what I am saying) but the indicated weight of the rod. Like is it a 5 weight or a 6 weight, or did you buy a specialty rod, like a 2 or 3 weight or a 8 or 9 weight?
What kind of fish you are going for, is the determining factor in what size rod to buy.
Then your reel has to match up fairly close to the rod. Reels are sold with designators indicating that they are for a 5 or 6 weight or a 7 to 8 weight or a 2 to 3 weight rod. This is important. You can not use a 2/3 weight reel on a 6 weight rod. The line will totally fill the reel and there will be no room for backing or anything else. Also, the reel helps balance the rod while you are casting. So, if you have an ultra light reel on a heavy rod, the balance of the reel is going to be way up the rod somewhere, not down at the cork handle you are holding on to. That means you will have a hard time casting and wear yourself out faster than you should.
So, let’s hope the reel matches the rod.
Eric is right, use the Arbor knot to tie on the backing to the center spool of your reel. But first, do you want to reel this in with your right hand, thus holding the rod with your left hand, or do you want to reel it in with your left hand holding the rod with your right hand? I am going to assume you are right handed, if not the question simply needs to be reversed.
With small fish you can get away with casting with your strong hand and then switching the rod over to your other hand to reel in the line when you have a fish on. However, if you are going after big fish, then it is best to hold the rod with your strong hand and reel with your other hand, since it is your strong hand that has to hold the rod during the fight. Your muscles and mind-hand coordination are better with your strong hand.
Stop right here: You want to have at least one guide to put your backing through before you tie you it to the reel, so make sure you thread the backing and later the line through a guide. Some rods require you to put two pieces together to get a guide to use.
The line has to come off the bottom of the reel. Let’s say you are right handed and decided to reel in with your left hand (best choice). Tie the backing on so the line comes onto the reel from the bottom front and wraps up behind the reel then back out the top front, tie your arbor knot.
Reel in all of your backing if it is a complete outfit, otherwise you will have to play around with finding the right amount of backing. The papers that came with your reel should tell you how much backing in 20 pound Dacron or 30 pound Dacron your reel will take, but how are you to know how much you have reeled on? (I usually take my reel to my local fly shop and have them load it for me).
The backing serves two purposes. First, it helps fill the reel with line so your fly line does not have to be wound up in such small circles (that really causes a problem with the line). Also, if you hook into a big one or hook a tree or rock then you have some extra line to play with to get to shore or back up to where you snagged up the line. Fly lines are expensive and you do not want to be loosing those.
Eric is right, the nail knot is an excellent knot to use to tie the backing onto the fly line. In fact, once you learn to tie the knots, then you can tie two nail knots in a row onto your fly line. If the first nail knot should fail, the second one should hold.
Below are some websites you can go to in order to learn to tie the knots you need to learn. Practice with some string, two different colored ones if you can, and learn how to tie the knots we mention.
You now have the backing tied onto your line. Usually there is a little tag that mentions which end should be tied to the backing. If not, then if you are using a weight forward line, the backing gets tied to the end that has the really long and slender line. The other end has a very short slender line then very quickly thickens up, then slowly thins back down. That is the end you tie your leader onto.
So, tie your backing onto your fly line and now you need to reel it in. I prefer to take a small long box and punch a pencil or small 1/4 inch dowel through one side, push on your lines plastic holder then push the pencil out the other side. Now your line will come off the spool nice and straight and not twist on you.
Once you have reeled in all the line, now you will find out if you used too much backing because your line will not fit smoothly onto the reel. Best bet, strip your line out, and then take off some backing, cut it and tie the line back onto the backing and reel it in again.
Now you come to your leader. It has a loop on it you said. That makes it handy, but then you have to have a loop on the line or you can not use it. Some lines being made now have loops built into them. If you do not have one of those, then the best thing you can do is tie a short piece of mono onto your fly line then tie in a loop at the other end.
For now, use the nail knot to tie the mono to your line. The thicker the leader, the fewer the wraps you need to form a nail knot, but the rule of thumb is 4 or 5 turns. You can buy a nail knot tool, I would strongly recommend it, and it makes tying nail knots super easy with just a little practice. The key to any nail knot is to pull the tag end of the leader quickly and smoothly. If you go slow you end up with a horrible looking knot. If you practice ahead of time, you will tie a good looking nail knot.
For a short piece of mono I have often just cut off a foot of my leader, the thick end, and tied it to my line, then tied in a small loop using a Perfection Loop knot. If the leader came with a loop, then you have a built in loop, but you will then have to tie a Perfection Knot loop back into your leader.
It is important that this short, 4 to 5 inch piece of leader be just about as thick as the line, you can not use a real limp and small size piece of mono. If you do you will not be able to transfer the power of the cast into your leader.
If you are going to tie on a tippet to the other end of the leader I suggest learning the Blood Knot or the Improved Surgeon’s Knot. The blood knot may be the best one to use.
When putting the rod together, line up the guides and push the pieces together with an equal amount of pressure from both hands. The guides have to line up for proper casting. After an hour or so of casting, make sure you test the sections to keep them from slowly coming apart.
Now tie on a small piece of yarn and learn how to cast.
Here are three sites you can go to and learn about knot tying for fly fishing. I really love the Animated Knots by Grog site, the first one listed.
Good luck.
Larry
http://www.animatedknots.com/indexfishing.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com
http://globalflyfisher.com/fishbetter/knots/table.php
http://www.flyfisherman.com/skills/lkknots/index.html
Thank you, Larry.
I edited my original response and posted some links for knots and a loop to loop connection.
From his first question about what type of rod to buy
for bass fishing (bluegill also), he is going with a Redington RS3 9’6wt and a Pfluger Trion reel.
Again, thank you for taking the time to respond and I hope you had a great trip.